Zuffa will start screening fighters for performance enhancing drugs prior to signing them to contracts.

The news came after the positive test of Muhammed Lawal for an anabolic steroid with former Strikeforce champion Cristiane Santos also having shown PED use after a December fight under the company’s banner.

From Fighters.com:

UFC President Dana White also weighed in on the matter, saying, “The health and safety of our athletes is our top priority. We’ve seen the issues performance-enhancing drugs have caused in other sports and we’re going to do everything we can to keep them out of the UFC and Strikeforce. Our athletes are already held to the highest testing standards in all sports by athletic commissions. Our new testing policy for performance-enhancing drugs only further shows how important it is to us to have our athletes competing on a level playing field.”

“We’re committed to the health and safety of our athletes and we take it very seriously,” explained chief executive Lorenzo Fertitta of the company’s decision.

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The days of Nate Marquardt, the former middleweight top contender, are without a doubt over, according to UFC president Dana White.

The UFC fighter said his medically prescribed use of testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) is what caused him to register high levels of testosterone but White was far from convinced.

From 5thround.com:

“There’s a difference between testosterone replacement therapy, and where you get it to a level where it’s a performance-enhancer,” White expressed. “I’m not a doctor, so I’m not going to pretend I even remotely know what I’m talking, but I know you get to certain levels where it’s more than testosterone replacement therapy and trying to get back to normal levels.”

Marquardt was previously banned by Nevada’s governing body after screening positive for high levels of nandrolone, an anabolic steroid, following his decision victory over Ivan Salaverry in his UFC debut in August 2006.

He holds an impressive 31-10-2 professional record and is still considered to be one of the world’s top competitors. His manager claims their phone has been ringing off the hook with other promotions throwing offers at the 32-year-old.

“To me this is his fourth chance. This is a fourth chance,” White flatly stated following today’s UFC 132 pre-fight press conference.

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UFC president Dana White has said that Nate Marquardt will never fight in the UFC again.

Marquardt (31-10) was cut from the UFC roster after he failed to clear his medicals in anticipation for his main event fight against Rick Story at a UFC event in Pittsburgh last weekend.

From Sports.espn.go.com:

The former middleweight contender publicly stated earlier this week he failed his medicals due to elevated testosterone levels. Those levels were abnormally high due to a testosterone replacement therapy, or TRT, program Marquardt began last year.

He applied for, and was ultimately denied, a therapeutic exemption from the New Jersey athletic commission pertaining to a fight against Dan Miller in March. Although Marquardt failed to receive an exemption, he was allowed to compete because his testosterone levels were normal the week of the fight.

White, who said he was “disgusted” with Marquardt on a pre-fight show on Versus Sunday, said he hadn’t heard his public statements, but nothing he could say would have an effect on the organization’s decision to release him.

“Nate’s done,” White told ESPN.com. “Nate is a nice guy. He’s real sweet and humble. But facts are facts and it is what it is.”

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Fighter Nate Marquardt has been released from the UFC after he failed to pass his medicals at UFC on Versus 4. Marquardt was being pulled from the night’s main event.

This was in response to his issues with his testosterone replacement therapy.

From Mmajunkie.com:

“There’s a difference between testosterone-replacement therapy and where you get it to a level where it’s a performance-enhancer,” White said. “I’m not a doctor, so I’m not going to pretend I even remotely know what I’m talking. But I know you get to certain level where it’s more than testosterone-replacement therapy and trying to get back to normal levels.”

In a pre-event screen, Marquardt tested outside the allowable limits for UFC on Versus 4, which took place at Pittsburgh’s CONSOL Energy Center. (Pennsylvania native Charlie Brenneman stepped in as a replacement and upset Rick Story in the Versus-televised headliner.) While other UFC officials knew of Marquardt’s testosterone use, which the fighter said he began back in August, White said he only learned of it a few days before the event.

UFC president Dana White said the release was primarily due to a testosterone replacement therapy regiment that may have been used in a “performance-enhancing” capacity.

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The UFC fighter, Chael Sonnen, who came who came within two minutes of stunning Anderson Silva, the Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight title holder, has tested positive in UFC 117 drug-screening test for a performance enhancing drug.

Sonnen faces a suspension of one year and a fine of $2,500 and has 30 days to appeal against the suspension.

From Montrealgazette.com:

According to a report Monday night on Sports Illustrated’s website, California State Athletic Commission executive director George Dodd said Sonnen tested positive for “abnormally high levels of testosterone.”

The positive test came from a urine sample Sonnen gave before UFC 117 that was processed through the Olympic drug-testing lab at UCLA.

According to the report on SI.com, Sonnen was seemingly concerned enough about a possible positive test that he told Dodd he used an illegal performance enhancer in the time leading up to UFC 117.

“He only indicated that he was taking it but he never indicated why,” Dodd told SI.com.

The CSAC official said the conversation took place on Aug. 6, one day prior to the Silva-Sonnen match.

According to the story on SI.com, Sonnen did not note on a pre-fight questionnaire that he was taking an illegal substance, nor provide documentation for the use of testosterone for any medical reason.

The biggest match of Sonnen’s career is now in jeopardy after the positive drug result.

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A US prosecutor has named Shane Carwin, the UFC Heavyweight contender, as one of the twenty two athletes receiving steroids from a drug ring in Alabama.

The contender recently faced the UFC Heavyweight Champion, Brock Lesnar, in first round of the championship battle and lost after appearing to win.

From Helium.com:

It is believed Shane Carwin took steroids in 2006. Shane Carwin joined the UFC in 2007 and won all his fights until he lost in the UFC Heavyweight Championship fight (at UFC 116) vs. Brock Lesnar. Shane Carwin has never tested positive for steroids at a UFC event. However, this does not conclude he has never taken steroids while fighting in the UFC. This means Shane Carwin was never tested while he was on steroids.

What does this mean to UFC fans? As a fan, it is a shame to have UFC fighters linked to steroids. It is true there are steroid users in every sport, professional wrestling being the biggest culprit when it comes to steroid use. The UFC is supposed to be better than the WWE. Now there is a former WWE fighter as the UFC Heavyweight Champion in Brock Lesnar. Is there proof he never took steroids when he fought in the WWE? Many people believe all WWE fighters have taken steroids. It is part of the fake game of wrestling. Linking one of the superstars of the UFC to steroids could have horrible effects on the UFC. Some fans won’t care, but the die-hard fans will. Who wants to pay for another venue pitting fake athletes (infested with steroids) up against each other?

This incidence has once again given birth to speculations that WWE and UFC fighters take steroids to stay on a high.

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UFC Heavyweight contender Shane Carwin has been named by a US prosecutor as 1 of the 22 athletes who received steroids from a drug ring in Alabama.

Carwin recently faced Brock Lesnar, the UFC Heavyweight Champion, in the first round of their championship fight. Though Carwin was all set to win the game, Lesnar won with a triangle choke.

From Helium.com:

It is believed Shane Carwin took steroids in 2006. Shane Carwin joined the UFC in 2007 and won all his fights until he lost in the UFC Heavyweight Championship fight (at UFC 116) vs. Brock Lesnar. Shane Carwin has never tested positive for steroids at a UFC event. However, this does not conclude he has never taken steroids while fighting in the UFC. This means Shane Carwin was never tested while he was on steroids.

What does this mean to UFC fans? As a fan, it is a shame to have UFC fighters linked to steroids. It is true there are steroid users in every sport, professional wrestling being the biggest culprit when it comes to steroid use. The UFC is supposed to be better than the WWE. Now there is a former WWE fighter as the UFC Heavyweight Champion in Brock Lesnar. Is there proof he never took steroids when he fought in the WWE? Many people believe all WWE fighters have taken steroids. It is part of the fake game of wrestling. Linking one of the superstars of the UFC to steroids could have horrible effects on the UFC. Some fans won’t care, but the die-hard fans will. Who wants to pay for another venue pitting fake athletes (infested with steroids) up against each other?

The incident has once again brought speculations about WWE fighters taking steroids and UFC fighters joining them to a high.

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Although Brock Lesnar’s condition was not confirmed that steroids has something to do with it, people still keep on dragging steroids in the whole health issue.

Writers have even cited WebMD and other medical professionals regarding his condition. Nobody knows for sure what caused his condition or when he would recover. All we know is that he is very sick and he has to take an indefinite leave from the UFC.

Brocks’s condition called diverticulitis was cited by one website to be sometimes hard to detect if a person is using steroids because the substance may mask the disease’s symptoms. This according to them could delay appropriate therapy.

This is in reference to the article written by Holly Salzman, MD and Dustin Lillie, MD of the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. The article is titled Diverticular Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment. The authors concluded that steroids might mask symptoms of Diverticulitis.

I hope that Brock is not on steroids because if he were, he would be destroying his own credibility. He had vehemently denied since he entered MMA that he was using steroids. He even made his point by punching walls and walking out on interviews.

From Bleacher Report:

In 2003, the New Zealand Medical Journal reported, “One of the lesser known but most life-threatening gastrointestinal side effects of steroids is the perforation of colonic diverticula.”

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In 2002, the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) due to testing positive for steroids use suspended Josh Barnett, 31, for six months. His post-fight urinalysis revealed traces of three anabolic agents, namely, Boldenone metabolite, Fluoxymesterone metabolite and Nandrolone metabolite. This was after he defeated Randy Couture at UFC 36, which earned him the heavyweight title. Despite the positive steroids test, he denied using any anabolic steroids, and even challenged NSAC’s testing protocol.

Last July, he requested for a re-licensure and filed an appeal before the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC). However, on July 21, Barnett was notified by CSAC that he again tested positive for the anabolic steroid 2a-methyl-5a-androstan-3a-ol-17-one, in his pre-test supposedly as a pre-requisite to renew his license. A second sample was obtained, also reflecting the same results as the first testing.

Last Monday, CSAC granted his appeal to extend his hearing. It was re-scheduled on December 8, 2009.

According to CSAC Interim Executive Officer David T. Thornton, it was Barnett’s attorney, Michael DiMaggio, who contacted the commission to request for an extension. According to DiMaggio, their law firm is still awaiting additional information from the UCLA laboratory that conducted Barnett’s tests.

From Sherdog:

LOS ANGELES –- Josh Barnett was granted a second extension Monday for an appeals hearing the fighter had requested after the California State Athletic Commission denied his re-licensure in late July due to a positive pre-test for an anabolic steroid. The new hearing will be held on Dec. 8.

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Dennis Hallman, the world-renowned grappler and professional mixed martial artist is back. Hallman recently signed a four-fight deal with UFC last month. His first UFC 106 match will be held on November 21 in Las Vegas against John Howard.

Hallman was reported in 2007 to test positive for drostanolone and nandrolone metabolite, two anabolic agents. He failed the test after defeating Jeremiah Metcalf at the “Bodog Fight presents Strikeforce: Four Man Enter, One man survives” event.

He failed the doping test along with Alexander Crispin a fellow Strikeforce mate, who tested positive for Desoxymethyltestosterone.

He was banned for one year, starting November 16, 2007 and an additional 38 days was added when he renewed his fighter’s license, as fulfillment of the terms of his suspension. He was also fined $2,500 by the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC).

Hallman and Howard made a verbal agreement but the official decision is still pending.

He recently defeated Justin Davis at the June Strikeforce event by first-round submission.

Hallman, also known as “Superman”, has an MMA record of 39 wins, three of which is by knockout; 28 by submission; 12 losses; 2 draws and 1no contest.

From MMA Frenzy:

Welterweight veteran Denis Hallman, who signed a four-fight deal with the UFC last month, will return to the Octagon against John Howard at UFC 106 on November 21 in Las Vegas.

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